How To Practice Toprock

How To Practice Toprock (Comprehensive Guide to toprock concepts) 
I've combined the major concepts from my Toprock Text tutorials thread and what music should I dance to thread along with some new things. It's also a good complement to BeanieKapps discussion of toprock concepts since I cover a lot of those things but in a single guid. I don't really go into things like utilization of space, symmetry, levels, etc. Some of that's already covered in Beanie's thread. Eventually i might add my thoughts on those topics later or if it's requested..hope it helps.

The Importance of Toprock - First off...It needs to be acknowledged that b-boying is first and foremost a DANCE. If you don't know how to dance there's a good chance you'll never get too far in b-boying. Toprock is also a lot more than just "making room for you moves." You've got to remember that b-boying had already been around for a few years before the first b-boys (The Nigga Twins are usually given credit for that) ever went down to the floor. So what were people doing? Toprocking. Basically what this means is that no discussion of the foundation of b-boying should ever be without Toprock. Toprock is really the only surefire way to show that you know how to dance and how to rock a beat. Its also the beginnning of any throwdown that you do so for most people its the first impression they'll have of you. Sure you can have shitty toprock and a good blow-up...but why would you want to do that? Grab the cypher or your opponent's attention right from the start. In a set you want to show that you have everything so to be complete you NEED toprock.